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UnitedHealth expands in Iowa, intervenes in Nebraska
Minnesota-based insurance giant United HealthCare has entered into a deal with a regional medical group that allows it to expand into every county in Iowa, reported the Des Moines Register. It also
Empire, United paid $11M for unperformed services
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and United HealthCare were overpaid by an "unacceptable" $11 million for health services, some of which were never performed, according to two state comptroller audits
Health plans targeting docs as they expand mobile strategy
Insurers have stepped into the shallow end of the mobile pool in the past year, launching apps for largely administrative functions, and mainly aimed at patients. Soon to come, however: Apps created
Horizon pays $8M for claims handling problems
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey has paid a $500,000 penalty and will pay nearly $8 million more to providers, patients and the state to resolve problems related to its claims
Mass exodus from child-only policies could destabilize market
Add Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to the list of insurers that will stop selling new child-only individual policies by Sept. 23, when the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes
Health Insurers, HMOs fined for prompt pay violations in New York
Twenty health insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) have been fined a total of $716,800 by the New York State Insurance Department for not repaying healthcare providers in a timely
Insurance giants may form group to influence elections
Disappointed with the outcome of health reform--and increasingly unhappy with their industry group, America's Health Insurance Plans--five of the largest health payers in the nation are "in serious
WellPoint deal lets health plan create national HIE
Health plan giant WellPoint announced today that it was striking a deal with health plan portal Availity to create what it's describing as a "multi-payer portal," or HIE. WellPoint is making an
